Families are being urged to keep warm and check on vulnerable relatives as temperatures are set to plummet. Sub-zero temperatures, snow and ice are set to hit parts of the UK this week.
It has prompted the UK Health Security Agency, a Government health agency, to issue a level three cold weather alert in response to what it says is "severe winter weather". It warned that older people and those with pre-existing health conditions are particularly vulnerable during a cold snap, and stressed it could have a “serious impact” on people’s health.
It comes as the Met Office said all of England will continue to experience cold weather until 9am on Friday. The forecaster has issued a yellow warning for snow and ice across parts of Northern Ireland, north-west England and North Wales from 12pm on Monday until 12pm on Tuesday.
